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1. B.J.P.S Samiti’s
M.V.HERWADKAR ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL
OPPOSITION TO BRITISH RULE IN KARNATAKA &
WODIYARS OF MYSORE
VANITA MODAGI

2. Wodiyars of Mysore (1399-1947)
Wodiyars revived the traditions and the glory
after the fall of Vijayanagara Empire
Yaduraya from Dwaraka helped Maharani to kill
Maranayaka who wanted to marry the princess
Maharani got the princess married to Yaduraya
Thus the Wodiyar dynasty was started by
Yaduraya
Wodiyars ruled for 25 years starting from
Yaduraya to Jayachamaraja
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4. Prominent Wodiyars of Mysore
 Raja Wodiyar (1578-1617)
 Credited with expanding the kingdom to Mysore
 Captured Srirangapatna & made it his capital
 Revived temples & started the Navratri festival
 Chikkadevaraja Wodiyar (1673-1704)
 Efficient soldier & administrator
 Checked invasion of Shivaji at Madurai, Ikkeri & Bijapur
 Captured Magadi, Madhugiri, Kortagere & other places
 Purchased Bangalore from Moghul military general
 Started Postal system, council of ministers (Athara Kacheri)
 Built dam on river Cauvery
 Constructed irrigation canals Chikka Devarja & Dodda Devarja
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RAJA WODIYAR CHIKKADEVARAJA WODIYAR

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7. Century of Political Problems-18th Century
 Rise of Hyder Ali
 Death of Aurangzeb – Moghuls lost political control over South India
 Chikkadevaraja Wodiyar’s death in 1704 – no successor or administration
 Hyder Ali gained prominence & became popular
 Suppresed Dalvoys
 Imprisoned Krishna Raja Wodiyar II – House arrest
 Came to know as Nawab Hyder Ali
 First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-1769)
 Marathas, Nizam of Hyderabad & British collaborated to defeat Hyder Ali
 Hyder Ali manipulatively created distrust in Marathas, Nizam & British
 War started in 1767 with British- Setbacks for Hyder Ali
 Hyder Ali reached Madras by 1769 that forced British to enter into treaty
 In 1769 “Madras Treaty” was signed ending the first Anglo-Mysore War
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8. Anglo-Mysore Wars
 Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784)
 Madras treaty prevented British expansion in South India
 British attempted to break the treaty when they did not help Hyder Ali
when Srirangapattana was attacked by Madhava Rao
 British captured Mahe which belonged to Hyder Ali resulting in the Second
Anglo-Mysore War
 Hyder Ali gained upper hand and captured many forts of the Carnatic
region: Kanchipuram, Arcot, Vellore, Wandiwash, Coromandel, Pondichery
 Sir Eyre Coot of British defeated Hyder Ali in Porto Nova
 British suffered financial setbacks in Pulicat & Solingur
 British entered into an agreement with Marathas & Nizam by signing the
“Salbai Agreement”
 Hyder Ali died due to illness during the war in 1782
 Tippu Sultan defeated British in Mangalore resulting in signing of “Treaty of
Mangalore” ending the second Anglo-Mysore War in 1784
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10. Anglo-Mysore Wars
 Third Anglo-Mysore War (1792)
 Travancore with help of British built a fort in Kochi & captured Ayacotta &
Kanganoor breaching the Mangalore Treaty
 British under the leadership of Lord Cornwallis captured Kolar, Hosakote
and Bangalore
 British sought help from Marathas & Nizam of Hyderabad to defeat Tippu
Sultan
 Marathas captured Savanoor, Gajendraghad, Lakshmeshwara, Hubbali &
other places
 Finally the combined army marched towards Srirangapattana & defeated
Tippu
 Tippu signed the “Treaty of Srirangapattana” to end Third Anglo-Mysore
War in 1792
 British inserted unfavorable conditions to weaken Tippu, took half of his
kingdom, & took two of his sons as pledge to withdraw the combined
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11. Anglo-Mysore Wars
 Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1792)
 Tippu paid all the money according to the treaty to release his sons from
the British
 British also denied Tippu’s claim on Malabar region
 Meanwhile Lord Wellessley became the Governor General of India
 Tippu try to collaborate with French & local rulers against the British
 British try to force another Subsidrary Alliancen containing inhuman &
impractical conditions on Tippu who refused it leading to the Fourth Anglo-
Mysore War
 War started in 1799 – Tippu died fighting the British
 British now had control of all of South India
 Small territory was handed to the representative of Mysore Wodiyars
which came to know as Mysore Princely State
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13. Wodiyars Developing Mysore Princely State
 Chamarajendra Wodiyar X (1881-1894)
 British appointed a British Resident
 C. Rangacharlu was appointed as dewan
 Efficient administrator who established Mysore Representative Assembly,
Gold Mines in Kolar, Bangalore-Mysore Railway Line
 K. Sheshadri Iyer improved financial situation, expanded rail network, and
started Mysore Civil services Examinations
 Gave importance to girls education – opened Maharani’s Girls High School
 Vivekananda took shelter in Mysore & was helped to participate in the
parliament of world religion at Chicago
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15. Wodiyars Developing Mysore Princely
State
 Krishnaraja Wodiyar IV (1894-1940)
 Queen Vanivilasa Sannidana Kempa Nanjammanni took over
administration with help of dewans
 Improved the Gold Mines, established colleges, construction of Marikanive
reservoir, Railways, Hospitals & hydro-electricity projects
 Bangalore was the first city in India be be electrified in 1902
 Krishnaraja Wodiyar assumed power in 1902
 Sir M. Visvesvarayya worked in this era
 King promoted education by abolishing fees, helped girls education
 Started Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) with help of Tata
 Started large scale industries like Iron & Steel, Paper mill at Bhadravathi,
Sugar factory, Chemical and Fertilizers factory
 Mysore became a “Model State” due to his administration
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17. Wodiyars Developing Mysore Princely
State
 Jayachamaraja Wodiyar IV (1940-1950)
 Succeeded Krishnaraja Wodiyar after his death
 Highly educated & a great scholar – wrote many books
 Became the first governor of Mysore after India became
independent
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19. Rebellions Against British
 Dondiya Wagh (1800)
 Maratha after Tippu who tried to fight the British
 Lord Wellesley ended Dondiya rebellion by attacking him and killing him
in Konagal
 Brave Queen Chennamma (1824)
 Rani Chennamma opposed the law of right of adopted children brought
by British leading to war with them
 British agent try to take the treasury & fort under their control after the
son of Chennamma died
 She adopted a boy & named him as the king which British did not like and
attacked Kittur
 Under the leadership of Colonel Deak British captured Chennamma
where she died in the prison
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21. Rebellions Against British
 Sangolli Rayanna (1829-30)
 Rayanna was a brave soldier who fought for the independence of Kittur
 He developed sense of nationalism & went on organizing an army
 He was cunningly captured by the British using Amaldar Krishnaraya
 Was hanged to death at Nandagadh in 1831
 Amara Sullya (1835-1837)
 Was a farmers’ rebellion
 British dethroned Chikkaveerajendra of Haleri dynasty in 1834
 Swami Aparampura, Kalyanaswamy and Puttabasappa organized a
rebellion
 All of them were later captured by the British and hanged to death
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23. Rebellion of Surapura & Koppal
 Venkatappa Nayaka(1834-1858)
 Came to throne after the death of his father Krishna Nayaka
 Peddanyaka opposed his kinship resulting in the British appointing
Meadows Taylor as their Resident & gained proxy power over Surapura
 Peddanayaka was appointed as dewan
 British on the suspicion of rebellious activities captured Surapura
 There is confusion regarding death of Venkatappa Nayak’s end
 Veerappa of Koppal was another rebellion who revolted against
the British from Koppal
 Bedas of Halagalli who always kept guns revolted agains the
British banning guns
 All the rebellions of Bedas and Halagalli were captured by British
and hanged
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